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The patagium (pl.: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying. The structure is found in extant...

of gliding flight via membranes that may be extended to create wings (patagia), formed by an enlarged set of ribs. They are arboreal insectivores. While...

the tail), and have folds of loose skin (patagia) running from the wrists to the ankles. They use the patagia to glide from tree to tree by jumping and...

the ability to glide using winglike lateral extensions of skin called patagia. The species is exclusively arboreal. D. volans grows to a length of up...

Synapsida is one of the two major clades of vertebrate animals in the group Amniota, the other being the Sauropsida (which includes reptiles and birds)...

the hind feet. They achieve gliding flight by use of membranes called patagia. Sugar Gliders: Everything about Purchase, Nutrition, Behavior, and Breeding...

Wing membranes (patagia) of Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii...

hind-limbs along the length of each side of the torso. In the sugar glider, the patagia extend between the fifth finger of each hand to the first toe of each foot...

of the rainforest canopy or in the forest middle level. With their wide patagia and unopposable thumbs, Philippine flying lemurs are rather slow, clumsy...

separating it from its tree squirrel cousins: special flaps of skin called patagia, acting as glider wings, which allow gliding flight. The best-known genus...

many animals such as the flying squirrel have adapted membranes, such as patagia for gliding flight. Some animals can slow their descent in the air using...

heads to gauge the route, and then leap into the air, spreading their patagia between cartilaginous spurs on their wrists and ankles. Small adjustments...

sugar glider is characterised by its pair of gliding membranes, known as patagia, which extend from its forelegs to its hindlegs. Gliding serves as an efficient...

Yunnan. The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. The forewings are narrow. The head, patagia and base of the costa are black and the ground colour of the forewings...

gliding in lizards, the patagia is unfurled by air pressure alone. The patagia of the passive mechanism differs from patagia of the active mechanism;...

wife, Anna. It is characterized by the red color present in its head and patagia, which can differentiate it from the other two Tipulodes species. This...

province. The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. The forewings are narrow. The head, patagia and base of the costa are black and the ground colour of the forewings...

Herrich-Schäffer in 1866. It is found on Cuba. The intensity of pink on the head, patagia and dorsum of the forewings is variable. In some specimens these areas...

feather covering, such as around the eyes, shoulders, under the wings (patagia), and feet. While hovering, calliope hummingbirds do not benefit from the...

Guizhou. The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are narrow. The head, patagia and base of the costa are black and the ground colour of the forewings...